as in rebellious
given to resisting authority or another's control
the disobedient child refused to eat his vegetables
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Recent Examples of disobedient
Cats became associated with disobedient women like Agnes Waterhouse, thought to be the first woman executed for witchcraft in England upon her death in 1566.
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Scottie Andrew, CNN, 27 July 2024
In her recent autobiography, Noem included a passage about her decision to shoot a 14-month-old, disobedient hunting dog named Cricket as an example of her leadership skills.
—Javier Zarracina, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
One was unruly, willful and disobedient, and the other was calm and easy to be around.
—Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
Snow White’s source was a disturbing fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm; Pinocchio was based on Carlo Collodi’s alarmingly cruel novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio, in which the disobedient puppet kills his cricket friend and, for separate reasons, is eventually hanged.
—Kelly Conaboy, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2023
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Scottie Andrew, CNN, 27 July 2024
In her recent autobiography, Noem included a passage about her decision to shoot a 14-month-old, disobedient hunting dog named Cricket as an example of her leadership skills.
—Javier Zarracina, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
One was unruly, willful and disobedient, and the other was calm and easy to be around.
—Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
Snow White’s source was a disturbing fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm; Pinocchio was based on Carlo Collodi’s alarmingly cruel novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio, in which the disobedient puppet kills his cricket friend and, for separate reasons, is eventually hanged.
—Kelly Conaboy, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disobedient
Adjective
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Ali is a directionless and rebellious 17-year-old girl with an overprotective mother who eventually finds her passion in music after taking piano lessons from an elderly woman in her apartment building.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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Talking about the soul is more rebellious than talking about Marxist revolution.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Particularly devastating on rebel strongholds were some 82,000 barrel bombs, 55-gallon drums filled with explosives and dropped from helicopters.—
Scott Peterson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
31 Jan. 2025
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The declaration also reiterated previous steps dissolving Assad’s Baath Party and his state security apparatus and said rebel groups that fought him during 13 years of war were to be dissolved and merged into the state.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
30 Jan. 2025
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In hindsight the music was invincible: defiant, purposeful, rightfully confident in its breakthroughs.—
Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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But the former Fox News host struck a defiant tone as support for his confirmation appeared to be in doubt and Mr. Trump stood behind his pick.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Disobedient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disobedient. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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